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50
Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
apologies for my religious affiliations, but 1 do wish that my Bishop could hear of these charges. I am neither a reformer nor a crusader, but if it is old-fashioned or religious fanaticism to believe that public administration, as in private affairs, absolutely requires those fundamental virtues of honesty, integrity and efficiency, then I am of a different generation and must plead guilty to their charge. Your sympathy is not solicited because this battle must be waged against a strong personalized political machine. My hope is to stimulate your thinking along these lines, and arouse a will to prevent the snowballing of a philosophy that strikes at the vitals of Democracy.
When 91-year-old Federal District Judge Tillman D. Johnson at last began to talk of retirement, in January of 1949, several Utah attorneys were mentioned as possible replacements. An article in the Deseret News, January 20, 1949, suggested that Utah's Democratic Senator, Elbert D. Thomas "looks with favor on all seven of the recommendations that have been made to him: Ex-Governor Herbert B. Maw; Ex-Senator Abe Murdock; Calvin W. Rawlings; Roger I. McDonough, justice of the State Supreme Court; Brigham E. Roberts, Third District Attorney; John S. Boyden, Utah lawyer; and Willis W. Ritter, Salt Lake attorney." Mr. Ritter was eventually appointed. John was repeatedly asked to be keynoter for Democratic county conventions, and continued to be a favorite among the Young Democrats. His name was mentioned by Democrats who did not favor Senator Thomas, as a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1950, when Wallace F. Bennett defeated Thomas. Mr. Boyden was encouraged to run against Lee for governor in 1952, but did not seek the party nomination. As keynoter for the State Democratic Convention in 1954, John raised some serious questions concerning Governor Lee's duplicity in regard to the state's economy, then came down hard on the educational issue. Tracing the course of this controversy in which he took a leading part, Mr. Boyden recalled: We have just passed through a most turbulent period of

50
Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
apologies for my religious affiliations, but 1 do wish that my Bishop could hear of these charges. I am neither a reformer nor a crusader, but if it is old-fashioned or religious fanaticism to believe that public administration, as in private affairs, absolutely requires those fundamental virtues of honesty, integrity and efficiency, then I am of a different generation and must plead guilty to their charge. Your sympathy is not solicited because this battle must be waged against a strong personalized political machine. My hope is to stimulate your thinking along these lines, and arouse a will to prevent the snowballing of a philosophy that strikes at the vitals of Democracy.
When 91-year-old Federal District Judge Tillman D. Johnson at last began to talk of retirement, in January of 1949, several Utah attorneys were mentioned as possible replacements. An article in the Deseret News, January 20, 1949, suggested that Utah's Democratic Senator, Elbert D. Thomas "looks with favor on all seven of the recommendations that have been made to him: Ex-Governor Herbert B. Maw; Ex-Senator Abe Murdock; Calvin W. Rawlings; Roger I. McDonough, justice of the State Supreme Court; Brigham E. Roberts, Third District Attorney; John S. Boyden, Utah lawyer; and Willis W. Ritter, Salt Lake attorney." Mr. Ritter was eventually appointed. John was repeatedly asked to be keynoter for Democratic county conventions, and continued to be a favorite among the Young Democrats. His name was mentioned by Democrats who did not favor Senator Thomas, as a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1950, when Wallace F. Bennett defeated Thomas. Mr. Boyden was encouraged to run against Lee for governor in 1952, but did not seek the party nomination. As keynoter for the State Democratic Convention in 1954, John raised some serious questions concerning Governor Lee's duplicity in regard to the state's economy, then came down hard on the educational issue. Tracing the course of this controversy in which he took a leading part, Mr. Boyden recalled: We have just passed through a most turbulent period of